j. spere-hawke sowryng by yere, as hit is aforeseid, ayenst all men for ever. And that this his yifte, & cetera.
About 1255. Sale to William of Saint Ewyn, by John son of Ralph of Wotton, of no. 351, subject to quit-rents, 6d. and gloves to the chief lord, 5s. to God|stow, 'a sowring spere|hawke' to the mesne lord; and 1d. to the lord under the mesne lord. Purchase|money, £6 13s. 4d., and a clothing|allowance in life rent.
THE sentence of this confirmacion is, that Iohn fitȝ Raaf yaf, & cetera, to William of seynt Eweyn, all the londe and tenauntry that he had of the yifte of Alisaundir of Swereford, somtyme tresorer of seynt Paules of london, that is to sey, of the londis the whiche the same Alisaundir had bothe of the yifte of the said Raaf his fadir and also of his owne getyng of perquysitis in karsynton, without ony reteynyng or with-holdyng-agayn to hym or to his heires, to be had and to be hold, to the same William and to his heires or to whom-so-ever he wil yeve hit, assigne, selle, or bequeth, with all their pertynentis over all, with-in the towne of karsynton or with-out, frely and quyetly, wele and in pease, in demaynes rentis homagis wardes relefis villenagis or bondages and all other availes that comyn out of the londe, of hym and of his heires for euer, with all fredomes in weyes and pathes medis and fedyngis and pasturis, yeldynge therof yerely to the chief lord of the fee, that is to sey, to William fitȝ Petir of karsynton and to his heires, vj. d. at Cristmasse and j. paire of white gloves of the price of j. obolus at Ester, And to the abbesse of Godestowe v. shillings at two termes of the yere, that is to sey, at our lady day in marche ij. shillings vj. d. and at Mighelmasse ij. shillings vj. d., And to the heires of ser Alisaundir of Swereford or to his assignes a sowring sperehawke at lammasse, And to hym and to his heires j. d. at Whitsontyde, for all seruyce custome and seculer demaund. And for this yifte graunte & cetera the said William yave to hym x. marke of siluer in warison. Furthermore the same William and his heires or his assignes in all ther lif shold yeve to hym j. paire hosen of the price of ij. shillings at Mighel|masse. And Iohn and his heires shold warantiȝe aquyte and defende for ever to the forsaid William and to his heires or to
